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South Hackensack was formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on November 15, 1935, replacing Lodi Township, based on the results of a referendum held November 5, 1935, which passed by a margin of 309 to 15. The township's name derives from its location relative to Hackensack.
Apr 12, 2018 · Legend has it that a Native American chief named Monaghie is to credit for the name of the 1.7-square-mile borough near the Hackensack River, per the town’s website. It's pronounced “-key” not...
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The earliest known use of the name America dates to April 25, 1507, when it was applied to what is now known as South America. It appears on a small globe map with twelve time zones, together with the largest wall map made to date, both created by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges in France. [12]
Oct 9, 2018 · How did America get its name? (1966) The man from whom the American continents got the names of North America and South America was among the more interesting and romantic characters of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Amerigo Vespucci (pronounced Ves-poo-chy) was born sometime between 1450 and 1455 at Florence, Italy.
Apr 24, 2023 · A History of the Name. The origin of the name of the peak is a bit complicated and uncertain. According to the Warrensburg Town Historian, the name “Hackensack” is derived from the Algonquin term Achkincheschakey (A-kin-hes-kakee), which means “where two rivers come together.”
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The history of what is now New Jersey begins at the end of the Younger Dryas, about 15,000 years ago. Native Americans moved into New town reversal of the Younger Dryas; before then an ice sheet hundreds of feet thick had made the area of northern New Jersey uninhabitable. European contact began with the exploration of the Jersey Shore by ...
After 1819 Columbia, or Colombia, became associated with the new country in South America and thus: "was no longer available as a national name". Around that time Washington Irving suggested Appalachia or Alleghania. Later, another proposal was to use the first letters of United States of North America to make the name "Usona".
